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Would you tell someone they’ve misspelt their baby’s name?!

259 replies

CaptainCabinets · 08/11/2018 16:02

A colleague has recently announced the birth of ‘Pheobe’ on Facebook and have since referred to the baby as ‘Pheobe’ several times.

Would I be awful to gently suggest the correct spelling or just hope it’s picked up on when they register the birth?!

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HotMessMama · 22/11/2018 18:23

I would write the correct spelling in a congratulations card and hope they realise for themselves Grin

OutPinked · 16/11/2018 09:25

It’s probably intentional and happens fairly often. People think they’re being really unique.

TallulahBetty · 15/11/2018 19:57

Pahahahahahaha

LaDaronne · 15/11/2018 19:12

arf at Bullshit.

Blueroses99 · 15/11/2018 08:46

A newborn baby came into NICU with just his dad who spelt his name “Pheonix”. One of the nurses tactfully jotted down the name and came back a few minutes later saying that it’s usually spelt Phoenix, is that how he wanted it to be spelt? I could tell that she knew straight away that it was wrong but didn’t want to embarrass him.

Onecutefox · 15/11/2018 08:12

I wouldn't do it. Leave it to them and to their relatives.

ChantillyLaceAverageFace · 15/11/2018 08:10

@BullShitDetectionService
Pahahahahahaha

Best comment of the week 🏆

thejollytrolleydolly · 15/11/2018 07:08

@BullShitDetectionService 😂😂😂

BullShitDetectionService · 14/11/2018 23:53

I once met a Bikayla. Her mum had told her dad to register Michaela but she had a cold at the time. And she remained Bikayla.
Beep

nicslackey · 14/11/2018 14:13

Bored now. Gave up at page 5

thejollytrolleydolly · 14/11/2018 13:47

The struggle is real for people with odd spelt names - mine is Jovanne yet I've been called Joanne for the past 33 years because people assume it's a misspelling 😂

I think people misspell phoebe half of the time anyway!

Madcats · 14/11/2018 12:24

OP do check with them in a tactful manner.

I have a daughter called "Phoebe".

The number of families (some of whom went to good unis) who get the spelling wrong! It was never helped by the fact that somebody in the school office couldn't get it right either (so families would copy the error in birthday/Christmas cards). It REALLY annoys my daughter now she is older.

drspouse · 14/11/2018 11:29

Jaime
Another non-English but legitimate version. High-meh is Spanish.

Ngaio2 · 14/11/2018 11:23

Years ago a work colleague and his wife had a baby boy. I was told the name but when said colleague showed me the birth certificate I saw one of the names was misspelt. Only one way to spell this particular name, the way they spelled it made it a totally different name ( one letter difference and both biblical names). I told him so and subsequently the certicate was changed and the matter never referred to again. I like to think I saved the child future embarrassment when his name was queried.

OkPedro · 13/11/2018 19:19

I had two Caoimhe's in my class at school. One pronounced it Kee va and the other kwee va. Much prefer kwee va
Saoirse is Seer sha (which means freedom) then there's Sorcha which my cousin pronounces Sur ika but my neighbour says Sore Sha and it can be said as Sore Ca
It's a minefield!

Butterymuffin · 13/11/2018 19:18

A lot of people are shit at spelling, I'm afraid. More and more all the time. And yes, it does matter, because the more standardised spelling is, the easier life is for everyone.

Kool4katz · 13/11/2018 17:52

I love the name Sadhbh but most Brits would struggle to pronounce it.
(Sigh-v)

Kool4katz · 13/11/2018 17:47

Caoimhe is pronounced Kwee va down in County Cork but I've heard it pronounced Kee va elsewhere.

Shriek · 13/11/2018 17:46

Thanks Cosmo I thought it was saw-sha...hmm...

UCWorries · 13/11/2018 17:37

There was a Sheerley on a really old episode of Family Fortunes today.

Like early 80s

Cosmoa · 13/11/2018 17:31

Lol my Dad said to my Mum he really liked the name 'Sy-oh-ban' when they were looking for a name for my sister. He didn't like the actual pronunciation of Siobhan quite as much haha

LasMeninas · 13/11/2018 17:28

Yeah, that's a bit of a weird question, IAmBeyonce, since there is no official pronunciation and the double a almost never occurs in English. Where it does, it's pronounced "ah" as in aardvark and bazaar.

So you could perhaps argue that it should be prounounced Ah-ron. Although as stated above, in Hebrew, it is more like Arron.

If If you want Airon then spell it Airon! ;)

MsHopey · 13/11/2018 17:28

This reminds me of when I was about 13 and read The Catcher in the Rye. I'd never seen the name Phoebe written down before so spent the whole of the novel thinking that the protagonist's sister's name was pronounced Phobe (rhymes with lobe). Oh, the shame when I realised. I won't tell you how I used to pronounce meringue when I read the Famous Five books

Mine was reading a book with a Siobhan in (I literally had to just say it to Google to remember how it's spelt).
I spent the whole no one reading
see-o-ban. Still stuggle to read shiv-on when I see it and definitely can't spell it to save my life. I still don't connect the two when I see it written down 😬

TatianaLarina · 13/11/2018 17:23

In Hebrew it’s Arron not Airon.

IAmBeyonceAlways · 13/11/2018 17:13

Aaron should be pronounced Air-on but most people pronounce it Arr-on. Why is this?
If you want Arron then spell it Arron!

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